Wagon-body



UNI ED STATES j PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO SOHIMANSKY, OF OAK HARBOR, OHIO.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,578, dated July 27,1880.

' Application filed January 13, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, OTTO SOHIMANSKY, of Oak Harbor, Ottawa county, Stateof Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Wagon- Bodies, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention is a wagon-body constructed, as fully describedhereinafter, so thatthe height may be increased or reduced, to readilysecure the tail-board in a horizontal or vertical position, and so thatthe various parts may be separated or folded to a small compass fortransportation or storage.

, In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective I view of part of thewagon-body, showing the front end aud supplementary side and end boards.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the body. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached view,showing the mode in which the tail-board is detachably connected to thebody. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detached view of the tail-board; and Fig. 5,an enlarged detached view, showing the parts of one of the hinges. e Thebottom consists of the sections A A, hinged together in any suitablemanner, and each side B is connected by hinges a to the outer edge ofone of the bottom sections. Each side, near its front end, is providedwith parallel guides b b, between which is received one edge of thefront end piece, 0, which is secured I in place by a coupling-pin, E,the shank of which passes through holes in the guides I) b and through aperforated plate, 0, secured to the end piece. I

To prevent the coupling-pin from becoming detached by the jarring of thevehicle it is provided with an ear, 6, and the hole through which theshank extends has side slots, 6, so that the ear can pass through thesame, and when the pin is turned will prevent its withdrawal, the end ofthe pin being turned downward and weighted, so as to hold the ear out ofcoincidence with the slot 0.

Each bottom section is providedwith a bracket, F, having the outer endsbent downward and slotted, as shown in Fig. 3, and to the gate or endpiece D are secured pins G,

adapted to the slots at in the brackets F. Owing 'to the inclination ofthe ends of the brackets, the pins G may be introduced horizontallythrough the slots m, in which case they will bear against the under sideof the bracket and hold the gate in a horizontal position; or they mayextend vertically through the slots, as shown in Fig.3, in either casepermittin g the ready detachment of the end piece. The said end piece isprovided with flanges at, having openings 0, adapted to receive alocking-pin, E, similar to that already described, and coinciding withsimilar openings c near the ends of the side-boards, so arranged thatone of said pins may be used to lock thegate whether it is horizontal orvertical. For further security a bracket, H, with a hole correspondingto the hole 6 is connected to each sideboard B, opposite each of saidholes, and is bent outward to permit the flanges n to pass between itand the side-board.

I prefer to connect the bottom sections, A A, by slip-hinges, consistingof the sections I. I, one having a hub and socket, h, and the other apintle, u, and these may be locked without interfering with their slipaction by providing the pintle with a locking-ear, 8, adapted to agroove, t, in the hub.

The bottom sections being connected together, the end piece, 0, isplaced between the guides 12, and is secured by the pins E, and thetail-piece D is connected and secured by similar pins, when the bodywill be ready for use.

To pack the body for storage or transportation it is only necessary towithdraw the pins E, remove the end and tail pieces, disconnect thebottom sections, and fold down the sideboards B.

To increase the height of the body I use, in connection with an endpiece, O, higher than the side pieces, B, supplementary side pieces, J,and end piece, K, the side pieces being provided with earsc, and thefront and tail pieces having plates to, with slots 6, so that the wholemay be detach-ably connected by means of pins E, constructed as beforedescribed. Steadying-tongues 11; project from they opposite sides of thesupplementary pieces J to overlap the side pieces, B, as shown. Thesesupplementary pieces J K maybe readily applied to increase the height ofthe vehicle, and as readily removed when necessary.

As the front end piece, 0, is continuous, there is n0 line of separationacross the front, as in such vehicles heretofore made, and the extensionis not liable to be thrown off in the jolting of the Wagon.

I claim- 1. The combination, in a vehicle-body, of the bottom sections,A A, con nected by slip-hinges, the side pieces, B B, hinged to thebottom sections, provided with perforated guides l) b, the end piece,(J. having slotted plates 0, and the tail-piece D, having slottedflanges n, the Whole constructed and adapted to be connected bydetachable weighted locking-pins E, having ears e, as set forth.

2. The con'lbination, with the bottom and side pieces, of the continuousfront end piece,

Witnesses LAFAYETT DOTY, EUGENE FLINT.

